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Bioethics Education International (BEI) advances policy and intercultural bioethics debates ranging from the beginning to the end of life.
Who We Are
BEI is a not-for-profit international organization incorporated in the State of New York in March 2022.
Who will benefit from BEI’s programs and activities?
The organization benefits students, professionals and policy makers from various fields, such as healthcare, the humanities, and the law, as well as policy makers and the public at large. It aims to provide stakeholders with resources to understand and find solutions to issues in global health, health care, new medical technologies, and the life sciences.
How will BEI achieve its educational and outreach purposes?
Through an online bioethics hub, BEI is offering engaging and interactive e-learning courses, webinars, and training sessions. The hub will offer timely topics in bioethics in creative ways, incorporating an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to confronting ethical issues in medicine, bioscience, medical technology, life sciences, and the environment. BEI provides public access to international bioethics education, facilitates collaborative learning, networking and community debates across the life course around the globe.
News & Articles
Statement for healthcare professionals: How COVID-19 vaccines are regulated for safety and effectiveness
Healthcare professionals and public health authorities have a central role in discussing vaccination against COVID-19 with their patients. Vaccines play a critical role in preventing deaths, hospitalisation caused by infectious diseases. Emerging data on effectiveness [...]
WHO calls for probe into more than 200 Russian attacks on health facilities in Ukraine
The World Health Organization on Tuesday called for investigations into Russian attacks on health-care facilities and ambulances in Ukraine.The global health agency has documented 226 attacks since Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24, according [...]
Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO
Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the [...]
Guest column: Don’t be fooled by the myths about kids and COVID flourishing on social media
The practice of pediatrics has changed. Children were not supposed to die. Preventable disease and death were just that, preventable. There was no acceptable pediatric body count. At least, not before the first pandemic of [...]